Forsyth County woman bought $3 lottery ticket and won $100,000
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A Winston-Salem woman took a chance at the $3 Powerball ticket and won a $100,000 prize.Whitney Pakalka bought her lucky ticket using Online Play on the lottery's website. Her combination matched the numbers on four white balls and the Powerwall to win $50,000 in the Aug. 15 drawing.The prize doubled to $100,000 when the 2X Power Play multiplier hit.Pakalka collected her prize Friday at the lottery headquarters.She took home $71,011 after required federal and state tax withholdings.Monday's Powerball drawing offers a $193 million jackpot, or $105 million in cash. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.Powerball is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players can buy their tickets at a retail location, through Online Play on the lottery's website, or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. The other games are Mega Millions, Lucky For Life, and Carolina Cash 5.North Carolina Lottery said the ticket sales proceeds make it possible for them to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education.For details on how $21.5 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Forsyth County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the "Impact" section.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —A Winston-Salem woman took a chance at the $3 Powerball ticket and won a $100,000 prize.
Whitney Pakalka bought her lucky ticket using Online Play on the lottery's website.
Her combination matched the numbers on four white balls and the Powerwall to win $50,000 in the Aug. 15 drawing.
The prize doubled to $100,000 when the 2X Power Play multiplier hit.
Pakalka collected her prize Friday at the lottery headquarters.
She took home $71,011 after required federal and state tax withholdings.
Monday's Powerball drawing offers a $193 million jackpot, or $105 million in cash.
The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Powerball is one of four lottery games in North Carolina where players can buy their tickets at a retail location, through Online Play on the lottery's website, or with the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
The other games are Mega Millions, Lucky For Life, and Carolina Cash 5.
North Carolina Lottery said the ticket sales proceeds make it possible for them to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education.
For details on how $21.5 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Forsyth County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the "Impact" section.
